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I'm curious about this one. Many said it didn't live up to its potential (the Herbie/Ron/Tony rhythm section, plus as I understand it they don't play on every cut). I've almost bought it several times, but have not yet succumbed. Very underwhelming. Another underwhelming one is Blues for Salvador. It's sometimes mentioned as his best of the post-1980 era, but is kinda average. Guy Agreed, they all sound pretty dinky compared to the fire of the initial Santana releases (up through Lotus). Only a couple of live albums ('Moonflower' and 'Sacred Fire') can give a latter day listener even a clue as to what all the initial excitement was all about.

Borbeleta is wildly inconsistent. There are some very strong, even great, poppish tunes ("Mirage" and "Give and Take" both with amazing vocals by Patillo) and some very weak ones, and some jazz/rock which also varied in quality. Not up to the level of the previous albums, but more interesting than any studio albums they would record in the 30+ years afterwards IMO (Santana did make a couple of interesting solo albums, especially 'Oneness: Silver Dreams Golden Realities'. But the one with Wayne Shorter, 'The Swing of Delight', is a snoozer). What has really stuck with me was a live show I saw ca. 1973 or 1974 of Santana (and CSNY) at the Atlantic City Raceway with 100,000 others. The Santana group was on fire that day.

It's a great record (actually three records), but not like 'Caravanserai' is. Leon Thomas didn't work for me in that setting. I really liked Leon Thomas, really like that period of Santana, but not together. Leon Patillo, who replaced him on vocals and replaced Richard Kermode on keys (Tom Coster stayed on board also on keys), was a perfect match for Santana. Santana continually tried to rehire Patillo in subsequent years, but Patillo always declined. Patillo became a heavyweight in Contemporary Christian music.

There's a 2CD set of 'Sarah Swings The Tivoli' (the Copenhagen set) which runs about 2 hours, so I suspect it has previously unreleased material on it. It is not expensive, and is fairly readily available.

An utterly incredible album. I've always counted it as a rock album, thought it does straddle the line, but it's always been a Desert Island Disc for me regardless of classification. There is an utter magic to this album that struck me when I first heard it 35 years ago, and still strikes me every time I listen. I love it all, but the highlight for me is the ending progression of 'Stone Flower/La Fuente Del Ritmo/Every Step of the Way'. The buildup to and start of the guitar solo in 'Every Step of the Way' is the greatest instance of tension and release I have ever heard in music of any kind. This is Santana's greatest album by a country mile, even as excellent and visionary as some of the others (the first three,'Love Devotion Surrender', 'Welcome', 'Lotus', ' 'Borbeletta', "Moonflower') through the mid-70's are. The 2003 Legacy remaster of this is spectacular, a huge sonic upgrade on previous versions. Great pick. Don't miss this one.

and to what should they be paying attention? to the fact that a handful of people are willing to pay inflated prices for a particular title? i just don't believe this is a valid indication of demand. how many different individuals are bidding on this cd? if it were a great many people, then i think that would be something worth paying attention to. btw, i have this set, and i'd be willing to sell it for $0. that's right, no money. my asking price is dick cheney's resignation or impeachment. heck, i'll even throw in free shipping! Belongs in the political section of the board. JF

I have a bunch of O'Day's pre-Granz work on CD which I can sell you very reasonably. Got them in an ebay auction and they are redundant to CD's I already have in my collection. I also have several of her Verve/Clef CD's, same deal, if you don't work a deal on the Mosaic box.

1 - Well, I've been listening to/buying the music since '72. and this album was pretty beloved even then. This isn't a digital-era discovery for me. 2 - There was more coming out in 'real time' than could be digested in real time then (especially considering all the OTHER stuff that was coming down in the 60's). 3 -"Chuckwonoso"?!?

Mine only fetched $56.00 (ended Saturday), so the price is coming down. PhillyQ got $81 for his. It's all relative.

I'm with you there.

Mine only fetched $56.00 (ended Saturday), so the price is coming down.

To me, 'Other Aspects' is a dog, failed experiments should have stayed in the can, but other than that, I can't think of any.

Some great stuff - the Harold Land's with Bobby Hutcherson, the first two Buddy Terry's.

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'Sugar' and 'Red Clay' are maybe THE two CTI albums of all time. They are of their era, but very enjoyable.

This is definitely my favorite Dolphy album, showing that he was continuing to grow as a musician right up to his death. Recorded in Europe on Jun 2 1964, the same month Dolphy passed, this album features a stunning flute rendition of "You Don't Know What Love Is" which is beyond beautiful, and a kick-butt bass clarinet performance of "Epistrophy". Each exceeds 11 minutes. The European rhythm section, Misha Mengelberg, Jacques Schols, and Han Bennick, support Dolphy beautifully, and the spoken snippet Dolphy ends the album with is haunting. The other performances are also strong. This is a much more "inside" set than 'Out to Lunch', but Dolphy thrives on the structure. That was also true of the earlier "In Europe" albums released on Prestige, which also rank among my favorites of his.

I have received probably 150-200 CD's from Adam over the past 18 months, and have always found the CD's to meet or often exceed the condition that he stated. When he says they are perfect, they are perfect. When he says there is minor scuffage, it is oft-times almost microscopic, and always clearly VERY minor. It may be that the CD's were somehow damaged in transit, as I know that Reinier is also quite honest (I've dealt extensively with both, and have found both to be really good guys), but I will vouch in the strongest terms for Adam's integrity and his ability/willingness/desire to correctly/conservatively grade his CD conditions.

Snapper is a seemingly legit British label, have a lot of pretty wonderful rock sets out, including the complete Fleetwood Mac live at the Boston Tea Party on 3 CD's - the best example to be heard of the Peter Green/Danny Kirwan guitar magic. Recall is a budget label, great prices, I've always thought their mastering sounded very good, but they never give sufficient documentation of the source of the music, always a frustration.

I put mine out on ebay yesterday, $49.99 minimum, $79.99 buy it now, $3.00 shipping ($6 overseas). I'll report back how it goes. No bids and one watcher so far.

PM sent on this one: Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz with Lionel Hampton (Jazz Alliance, original issue - factory sealed) - $5.00

I'm a big McPhee/Groundhogs fan, though I found their work with Hooker to be pretty anonymous, as it was very early. McPhee has resurrected the Groundhogs name through the years, and rightly so, as he was basically the whole show. Their late 60-s/early 70's stuff is very rewarding British Blues/Hard-Rock. He was probably about as interesting as anyone in that vein (in the narrow sense - I'm not including Led Zeppelin, etc.) except the amazing Rory Gallagher and the Danny Kirwan versions of Fleetwood Mac.

Chico Marx reference noted (and appreciated)!

Nope, I didn't put mine out on ebay yet. That band was revered back in the day - well beyond what the recordings deserved overall IMO (this was the age of all the well-dressed 20 year olds with nice hats getting major label contracts in the wake of Wynton's initial success, which led to some pretty pedestrian soloing over some pretty efficient rhythm sections - the dawn of the era of session leaders coming out of high school and college classrooms rather than working bands. Marlon Jordan and Antonio Hart and Amina A.W. Murray, anyone?), but to me the live was by far the best of them. The tunes were stretched out and fiery compared to the studio CD's.

Sassy's voice is astounding on this, absolutely heavenly. I love her early vocals best of all, and this is a great place to hear them.

Well, if that's your idea of fun, I just learned a lot more about you today.